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OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA, Arcadia, CA

  • Purse: $300,000
  • Date: October 4, 2009
  • Class: Grade 1
  • TV: TVG
  • Age: 2 yo
  • Race: 6
  • Distance: One And One Sixteenth Miles
  • Post Time: 3:00 PM PT
1 Blind Luck Margin: BRIS: 93TrueNicks: A+ $180,000

2007 | Chestnut Filly | Pollard's Vision   - Lucky One, Best of Luck

  • Breeder:Fairlawn Farm
  • Owner: Mark DeDomenico, LLC or Carver or Hollendorfer
  • Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer
  • Jockey: Tyler Baze

Sire: Pollard's Vision  , Bay, 2001. Lifetime: 97 yearlings sold, median $8,089.

Broodmare Sire: Best of Luck, Bay, 1996. In 2009: .67 AEI.

Sale History: Keeneland Association November 2011 Breeding Stock Sale, $2,500,000.
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($10,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky 2008 Select Yearling Sale, $11,000.

2 Always a Princess Margin: neck BRIS: 90TrueNicks: C $60,000

2007 | Chestnut Filly | Leroidesanimaux (BRZ)   - Gabriellina Giof (GB), Ashkalani (IRE)

  • Breeder:Arnold Zetcher LLC
  • Owner: Arnold Zetcher, LLC
  • Trainer: Bob Baffert
  • Jockey: Garrett K. Gomez

Sire: Leroidesanimaux (BRZ)  , Chestnut, 2000. Lifetime: 77 yearlings sold, median $15,000.

Broodmare Sire: Ashkalani (IRE), Chestnut, 1993.

3 Bickersons Margin: BRIS: 90TrueNicks: D $36,000

2007 | Dark Bay or Brown Filly | Silver Deputy - Dancehall Floozy, Paramount Jet

  • Breeder:Robert G. Harvey
  • Owner: George & Lori Hall
  • Trainer: Kelly J. Breen
  • Jockey: Joe Bravo

Sire: Silver Deputy, Bay, 1985. Raced 1 years. 2 starts, 2 wins, $41,820. Lifetime: 550 yearlings sold, median $50,000.

Broodmare Sire: Paramount Jet, Dark Bay or Brown, 1985. In 2009: .40 AEI.

Sale History: Keeneland Association September 2008 Yearling Sale, $80,000.

Time: 1:43.19   Track: Fast

Others: It Tiz, $18,000; Softly Singing, $6,000; Pure Class; Fairway Road; Kaloula; Forbidden Paradise (IRE); Maralago; Repo.

Scratched: La Nez; Whispering Hush.

FinishHorseJockeyTrainer
1Blind LuckTyler BazeJerry Hollendorfer
2Always a PrincessGarrett K. GomezBob Baffert
3BickersonsJoe BravoKelly J. Breen
4It TizJoseph TalamoMark Glatt
5Softly SingingJoel RosarioJerry Hollendorfer
6Pure ClassMike E. SmithJohn W. Sadler
7Fairway RoadAlonso QuinonezCraig Dollase
8KaloulaAlex O. SolisKristin Mulhall
9Forbidden Paradise (IRE)Rafael BejaranoDavid E. Hofmans
10MaralagoMartin A. PedrozaClifford W. Sise, Jr.
11RepoVictor EspinozaDoug F. O'Neill

Payoffs

HorseJockeyWinPlaceShow
Blind LuckTyler Baze$9.00$4.60$3.60
Always a PrincessGarrett K. Gomez$4.60$4.00
BickersonsJoe Bravo$11.40
EXOTIC PAYOFFS:
$2.00 Exacta (5-1)$43.00
$2.00 Trifecta (5-1-6)$549.20
$2.00 Superfecta (5-1-6-11)$4061.20

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